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The Left Atrium

All the ward's a stage: a surgeon's sonnet

Wai Pui Ng
CMAJ May 08, 2007 176 (10) 1466; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.070278
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  • An Answering Sonnet
    Dr. Herbert H. Nehrlich
    Posted on: 10 May 2007
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    • Dr. Herbert H. Nehrlich

    Dear doctor, do not let Queen Sadness rule,

    you did preside and lent your well-honed skills.

    The God who guarded you while still in school

    is also master of the people's ills.

    You are a friend, I know it from your words,

    you did not walk away without a glance.

    And I suspect that two small hummingbirds

    disguised as tears fell to your chest to dance.

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    Dear doctor, do not let Queen Sadness rule,

    you did preside and lent your well-honed skills.

    The God who guarded you while still in school

    is also master of the people's ills.

    You are a friend, I know it from your words,

    you did not walk away without a glance.

    And I suspect that two small hummingbirds

    disguised as tears fell to your chest to dance.

    Without compassion man is just a fool

    who loves the emptiness inside stale air

    and uses all his talents like a mule;

    a great conformist but without a care.

    Yes you must go and carry still your torch

    and let it burn so brightly as to light,

    when during leisure you rest on your porch

    your strength renews for any future fight.

    If, for some time you feel an aching heart

    it will renew the fibres of your soul,

    rejoice my friend, this science is an art

    it is immersion that will make you whole.

    Conflict of Interest:

    None declared

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    Competing Interests: None declared.
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